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axel77 · 07-12-2008, 11:23 AM

I'm against the death clause. No other ownerships starts/ends with death than copyright.

Also single authorship is more and more not the norm and multiple authorship is rising more and more.

I consider the timeframe granted should depend on the field of which the work has been done. That is, how on average you need to invest to get results, and how much on average earnings you get in return.

These should raughly equal + standard return of invest percentage + risk factor (also average depending on field).

Like IMHO a movie is a total different thing than a book is a total different thing than a comic strip is a total different thing than an article in a newspaper.

Why for example the copyright on daily newspaper ends aprox. 90 years after the day of the newspaper is beyond my understanding. And as somebody who had once to make historic work with newspapers, this felt redicolous, especially as the older once were easily available on the internet, but everything after that 90 years span was a pain to get by, to sort and so on.

For a daily newspaper e.g. one year copyright should be more than enough.
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Thus I voted neither in this poll.-

07-12-2008, 11:23 AM	#32
axel77 Fanatic Posts: 584 Karma: 914 Join Date: Mar 2008 Device: iliad	I'm against the death clause. No other ownerships starts/ends with death than copyright. Also single authorship is more and more not the norm and multiple authorship is rising more and more. I consider the timeframe granted should depend on the field of which the work has been done. That is, how on average you need to invest to get results, and how much on average earnings you get in return. These should raughly equal + standard return of invest percentage + risk factor (also average depending on field). Like IMHO a movie is a total different thing than a book is a total different thing than a comic strip is a total different thing than an article in a newspaper. Why for example the copyright on daily newspaper ends aprox. 90 years after the day of the newspaper is beyond my understanding. And as somebody who had once to make historic work with newspapers, this felt redicolous, especially as the older once were easily available on the internet, but everything after that 90 years span was a pain to get by, to sort and so on. For a daily newspaper e.g. one year copyright should be more than enough. --- Thus I voted neither in this poll.- Last edited by axel77; 07-12-2008 at 11:26 AM.